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pam_wtmpdb - PAM module to record login and logout times of users

Author

       pam_wtmpdb was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>.

wtmpdb 0.73.0                                      05/04/2025                                      PAM_WTMPDB(8)

Description

       pam_wtmpdb is a PAM module to record the login and logout information of the user. The module uses
       /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db as database file to store all information.

       Compared to some wtmp(5) implementations this PAM module is Y2038 safe and uses sqlite3 to store the
       information.

Examples

       Add the following line to e.g.  /etc/pam.d/login to display the last login time of a user:

                 session  required  pam_wtmpdb.so

Files

       /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db
           Wtmpdb logging database file

Module Types Provided

       The session module type is provided for updating the wtmp database with the login and logout information
       about an user.

Name

       pam_wtmpdb - PAM module to record login and logout times of users

Options

       debug
           Print debug information.

       silent
           Avoid all messages except errors.

       skip_if=<services>
           The argument services is a comma separated list of PAM services. If a service is listed here, no
           wtmpdb entry is written.

       database=<file>
           Use file instead of /var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db.

Return Values

       PAM_SUCCESS
           Everything was successful.

       PAM_SERVICE_ERR
           Internal service module error. This includes error reading from or writing to the database.

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
           User not known.

       PAM_IGNORE
           Returned by service types which do nothing.

See Also

wtmpdb(8), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)

Synopsis

pam_wtmpdb.so [debug] [silent] [skip_if=<services>] [database=<file>]

See Also